Delaware River Report: April 30, 2024

Yesterday’s thunderstorms missed us and we ended up with a fair amount of sunshine in the afternoon. Most of the water temps climbed pretty high for April (except the West Branch) but should drop back with the cooler days and potential rain today. It’s a big mix of bugs out there depending on which river section you’re fishing. Olives, Hendricksons, blue quills, gray fox, and March Browns are hatching, plus the tan caddis and apple caddis. The West Branch has stayed the coldest and is closest to being on a “Normal” hatch time frame but even it’s a little ahead this Spring. We’ll see if we get the rain this evening. These storms sometimes slide around us.

Today will be 73 degrees with cloudy skies in the morning and some few afternoon thunderstorms. Total rainfall will be .49″. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.

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What’s Hatching:
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – Ephemerella subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – 14 – Ephemerella subvaria (female)
March Brown – #10-2xl – Macaffertium vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis -#16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

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